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Tyler Perry Is Partnering With BET To Launch Streaming Service This Fall
Cardi B Wins Songwriter Of The Year Honors At 34th Annual ASCAP Awards
The 2019 ASCAP Awards took place Thursday night in Beverly Hills. Cardi B. took home the award for “song- writer of the year” – the first female rapper to receive the award in the event’s 34-year history.
In addition to that award, Cardi was also honored for her songwriting on such hit ASCAP songs as “Bartier Cardi” featuring 21 Savage, “Ring” featuring Kehlani, “Motorsport” with Migos and Nicki Minaji and “I Like It.”
The red carpet was filled with some of our favorite en- tertainers, executives and songwriters. EURweb’s Jill Munroe was in the building, spoke with Kehlani, song- writer James Fauntleroy (Cardi B & Bruno Mars “Please Me” and “Finesse,”) Angela Rye, Saweetie, ASCAP President Nicole George-Middleton, Ro-
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timi and more.
The evening also featured
the presentation of the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Her- itage award presented to Mo- town Records on their 60th anniversary, to commemo- rate the label’s legacy. Origi- nal Motown founder Berry Gordy, Jr. was on hand and received the honor from cur- rent president Ethiopia Habtemariam.
Tyler Perry is building his empire and his next ven- ture is coming with a little help from his friends at BET.
During his Ultimate Icon Award acceptance speech at the 2019 BET Awards on Sun- day, Perry acknowledged the #OscarsSoWhite fight but pointed out how he chose to focus on self-sufficiency in- stead. In fact, the mention caused a bit of a stir on Black Twitter, sparking conversa- tions around the problematic nature of his own content as well as skepticism surround- ing the nobility of what is es- sentially black capitalism.
“While you’re fighting for a seat at the table, I’ll be down in Atlanta building my own,” Perry said, to roaring ap- plause in the audience.
Along with his Tyler Perry Studios, it looks like Perry is
Tyler Perry accepts the Ultimate Icon Award onstage at the 2019 BET Awards on June 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
diving into the streaming con- tent world; Viacom officially confirmed a partnership with him to launch BET+ this fall. “African Americans are the leading consumers of stream- ing services, with higher SVOD adoption rates than other consumers, which is why we’re so excited to launch a premium product for this underserved audience,” BET
Networks President Scott Mills said in a press release via Deadline. “Tyler Perry is the perfect partner for BET+. The combination of new, orig- inal shows and his giant li- brary of popular movies, series and stage plays that Tyler brings to our joint ven- ture creates an amazing prod- uct for his large and passionate fan base.”
Tami Roman Inks Overall Deal With TV Super Producer Mona Scott-Young
Reality TV OG Tami Roman has inked overall deal with “Love & Hip Hop” creator Mona Scott-Young to develop and produce alter- native and scripted content.
“Tami is a true multi-hy- phenate; not only is she a tal- ent on camera, she’s also an incredibly intuitive and cre- ative producer,” said Scott- Young. “I love working with smart, dynamic women and Tami Roman is a rock star!”
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Their first project under Mona’s Monami Productions is “Tami Ever After,” which premiered Wednesday, June 19at9PMonVH1.
Roman is best known for her appearance on MTV’s “The Real World.” She is also featured on VH1’s “Basket- ball Wives” and is the creator of “The Bonnet Chronicles,” which is available exclusively on Tidal. You can catch her starring on the hit Bounce TV drama, “Saints and Sinners.”
Oprah Considering A Reboot Of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'
Could Oprah Winfrey be considering a reboot of her classic The Oprah Winfrey Show that we’ve come to love and know her for?
Surely, we’d love for Win- frey to get a new talk show as much as we loved seeing everyone in her old audience get a car!
It’s been eight years since the show aired, but Win- frey’s got the show on her mind and opened up to En- tertainment Tonight about the possibility of bringing it back.
“I would love to make that happen, let me tell you. But maybe not every day,” Win-
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frey said. “For 25 years, it was perfect.”
J. Cole, Travis Scott & Kendrick Lamar Headlining Inaugural ‘Day N Vegas’ Festival
There are new festivals coming up every year and it looks like Las Vegas may have managed to score a big lineup for an inaugural one later this year.
J. Cole, Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar are set to headline the first ever Day N Vegas festival in No- vember over three days, re- ports TMZ. The Dreamville rapper headlines on Friday while La Flame and Kendrick take the stage Sat- urday and Sunday, respec- tively. The fest is being organized by leading live en- tertainment company, Gold- envoice. The official dates are yet to be formally an-
J. COLE, TRAVIS SCOTT AND KENDRICK LAMAR
nounced.
Apart from the above
three mentioned superstars, other scheduled acts at the festival include Tyler the Creator, Lil Uzi Vert, Migos, Juice WRLD, Schoolboy Q, Miguel,
Brockhampton, 6LACK, Kali Uchis, Summer Walker and more.
The festival has been offi- cially announced. It goes down November 1-3. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 28 at 12.
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